Last week, in honour of the Windows 7 launch, we covered Microsoft's biggest successes in the computing field. This week, in the interest of balance, we're looking to the company's dark side..

The company promises that Windows 7 will be the best version of its operating system yet, critical acclaim has often eluded Redmond. We've decided to count down the ten best products ever to come out of Redmond, from DOS 5 to Flight Simulator and NT 4.0

From the Commodore 64 to Microsoft vs Apple, we take a look at the top 10 fights in technology history.

From Betamax to Amiga, here's a list of those IT innovations that fell under the bulldozer. Some were cruelly robbed of their advantage, others threw it away with bad management

Microsoft's Security Essentials is officially available from today, offering free protection against malware for any PC user with a valid copy of Windows from XP Service Pack 2 onwards.

Vendor details editions for Office 2010 along with application virtualisation for testing.

Gone is some of the bluster as Microsoft makes a surprisingly down-to-earth Australian launch presentation for Windows 7 today

Keen to forget the PR nightmare that was Vista, Microsoft may have committed yet another blunder: Windows XP users will not be able to upgrade to Windows 7 without a totally clean install.

Microsoft has confirmed it has cut a "small percentage", thought to be around 600,000 gamers, off from Xbox Live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games

Microsoft is to open up SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 for public testing in November, the company has disclosed, while SharePoint itself will come in new flavours to target customers such as small businesses..

Microsoft has welcomed the latest round in the European browser debate after the European Commission apparently accepted its proposed measures.

New OS enables efficiency savings, but Microsoft declines to simplify licensing.

The technical demos of browser-based Office apps are available to select testers only.

Microsoft has said it will be releasing its free antivirus, Security Essentials, in the "coming weeks"

Microsoft has confirmed that its crime scene computer forensic software Cofee has been leaked onto the net.

The much-criticised Vista operating system losing market share even before Windows 7 arrives.

A series of key Microsoft patents are reportedly on the verge of being sold to an open-source advocacy group..

The future of multitouch applications might rest on the surface of your mouse, rather than the pixels on your screen. We examine how futuristic mice could fundamentally change the way we double click.

Believe it or not, but Microsoft weren't always so web friendly. In fact, it was Bill Gates who initially panned the internet and Microsoft's future in it. So what turned it all around?

Microsoft has taken the unprecedented step of allowing marketers to re-brand its new Windows 7 operating system..